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i respect the land cruiser, but its kind of running on rep now. this styling is kind of pansy.

the car mags have all sold out. its gotta be furrin and 70k to get anything these days. they don't even do many road tests on real people cars anymore.

the STS' interior and interior space and ergonomics do not cut it for a midsize luxury car, unfortunately. its just not up to the level yet that is expected by well off 'me-s' who throw their jing at expensive cars. Face it, interiors is still the number one reason why luxury cars are luxury cars. BMW may be the exception to that. People want a nice throne to set their ass every day to drive their car to their high stress desk job.

lou sir, you really think cadillac will survive pining for the 80,000 dollar market? UM, NO, scott. not anytime soon. you have to be realistic. Audi can't even sell extreme luxury cars in volume. ONLY mercedes and BMW commnd big coin. People who like Lexus even balk at their high prices. what's wrong with a darn good 55,000-60,000 dollar large DTS? A large Zeta with a 400hp northstar, mercedes ride quality, and kickass interior is hardly walmart? WTF are u smoking?

around here, what sells like fire are A4's and BMW 3's. Acura does well here with TL's but that's because they are front drive. I love the fact that the current CTS compares with the 3 series, yet is more suited in size to the big fat American. to me then, that does leave a void for a 'BLS'; a TSX sized competitor. It should have available AWD. But it should only exist in low numbers in the US. 15,000-20,000 TOPS. and they should all be loaded. It should have a companion crossover or wagon version, like an X3. The current CTS should go on in the exact same size and price classes its in now. A coupe should accompany it. There needs to exist an AWD/RWD platform for the next STS and DTS. They should be large cars. The STS should be A6 sized. A tish bigger than the 5 series. Sort of the size of a Lexus GS with more rear room. The DTS could be built on the same platform, just be larger and more formal, closer in size to the 7 series etc. That same platform could spawn the two crossovers I would imagine, a mid sized and an mid large sized one. Sort of to battle the Lexus RX and GX's of the world. Keep the escalade as an icon, as long as some folks buy it. it's like GM's "G wagon" The XLR concept is fine. helps fund further corvette refinements. Just please make it as desirable as the Merc. SL. I would love a Cien type car as a halo. A cadillac 16 type car would be awesome also, but that would only work if the $$ are flowing. That car could be a large 16 cylinder aluminum bodied whoop ass car. My CTS would give more size etc. than the 3 series for price. near 5 series accomodations for 3 series price. My BLS would would approach the total package of a 3 series, for less money. The CTS would be the big volume car, followed by the DTS replacement. The RWD/AWD DTS would be a same type of car as now, lots of room and features lot of car great price. The AWD/RWD STS becomes the mid-large killer sport sedan....i.e. 5 series competitor but a bit larger and maybe a bit less costly. The DTS and STS are almost polar opposites, but yet still caddy. The STS would maybe sell up to 40,000 a year but the DTS would go for volume.

it should be rear drive, body on frame!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

SRT is awesome. wish SVT still was kicking out some models for Ford. the SRT's are well executed. They satisfy collectors, hard core performance drivers, and people who want something pimped out. if DCX didn't have SRT they'd have ZERO cred.

i drove a compass at the full throttle event recently. wow the interiors are dismal in these things and they ain't the greatest drives either. the interiors remind me a bit of my wife's old OMNI. blocky, horrific plastic, just BAD. please do not compare my Aztek to this dung. My Aztek is FAR NICER, exterior styling aside.

like it, it has way more style than the ugly accord coupe.

except its still slow and buzzy at real speeds.

and DUH-2, the Azera will prove out ot be an EVEN BIGGER EXAMPLE of this kind of Korean crappiness.

duh, who couldn't see this coming>? oh, the hordes of camry banging, CR humping, "I want to a buy a Toyota but I want to outsmart society so I will buy something equal to toyota but is cheaper, with a longer warranty and MADE in the good ole US of A by NON UNION God fearing people because we don't want to support any companies that have blaoted union structures because we are against business inefficiencies, Detroit, preserving our own economic strength worldwide, and we just think those scrappy upstart Koreans are really darn cute in their zeal and all while screwing us blind" kinds of people. People who are trying to latch on to the 'next big thing' because somebody told them so. Do you think SOMEDAY folks will revisit the positives of American marques? Or do they just continuously need to get the next big Asian car thing out of their systems all the time? Bet this car starts to fall apart 3 days after the end of their test period. I bet half these Sonatas don't outlast the 6 year loans they were bought on.

caddy really needs more than just escalades, cts, sts, srx, dts, xlr. it needs maybe at least 10 different models. 2 roadsters 3-4 sedans 3-4 suv/crossovers something along the lines of the Cien 1-2 coupes If they could settle in around 350,000 units with that many models that would be cool but its likely to hard to achieve, so I see why they need to scale back.

what this stil tells me is Cadillac, GM, and the other domestics still chintz out big time on interiors and haven't digested the message yet that stunning interiors is what sells cars almost more than anything else.

folks spend big $$$ on pilots though and think they are worth every f'in penny.

hair pie. mmmmm pumpkin cherry apple blueberrry pecan banana cream, all good stuff.

yes, i would agree to that hate to say it, but the new CTS looks a bit too sleek and soft, almost like it is trying to be a Lexus or something. It still has the same face, but what is appealing about the current gen cts (the slab sidedness and upright stance and boxy lines and crisp shapes and creases) seems toned down in favor of a more coke bottle like sides, a long and low look, and softened creases that could easily be found on a Lexus or any other luxocar. The worst thing is the possibility of those razor thin upright taillights and moving the license plate down to the bumper. What is so kick ass about the CTS now is the wide euro taillights, the tall blunt rear stance, sharp creases, short front overhang, brash character lines on the side, and the plate on the top of the decklid. Honestly from all I've seen, the new CTS looks too much like its trying to be more what a cheesy Lexus buyer would buy. Soft and flabby. and the current SRX can be ragged on because its a bit small, its too narrow visually, it doesn't look all that sporty (looks like a wagon more than anything) and it had a cheesy interior. So despite its great performance, it has lots of things buyers would call flaws, stuff the autorags don't pick up on.

its just typical American business culture. Give people less of what they want over time by trying to cut corners and screw people out of real goodness. Then glitz it over with marketing and hope people don't notice. Sometimes if we had fewer losers with MBA's running companies and more people who care about product, we'd be better off. Cadillac HAS been slow with new models and could be in real danger again soon. The new CTS coming out soon by all looks like it has lost the edgy look of the original and even though it will be a better car, it looks like it will just blend in and will not attract younger buyers either. oh well. Its not like Lincoln is doing ANYTHING so in comparison, Cadillac still has some cred.

judging by today's sunday car section, toyota has gotten very good at incentives, 3-4 thousand, nothing stops toyota!

oH! soprry, i thought this was gonna be a Denny Green hate thread. WE ARE WHO THEY THOUGHT THEY WERE SWINGS DOWN SWINGS UP LAKEFRONT INFLUENCE.....AND OUT

the new 335i is an incredible car, judging by its test numbers.

conisdering this was an XE review, not bad. let me say this. had this car not been already tested and available as an XR with the 6 speed and good engine, they would have roasted the XE. Just goes to show you how favorably they will review a GM car when you can actually have a choice to get the decent engine and tranny on the options sheet. Something it GM to figure out how to do just now.

bv, keep quiet, can you even drive a stick?

i think its about 3k too high to start. oh well, that's what dealer discounts are for. 07 Pilot starts at 27,5 roughly.

people have decided SUV's and crossovers are more of what they want these days. Sedans and coupes are headed for the relic bin, unfortunately. the x3 interior is nicer because it has seats you sit in, not floppy seats like the impalas you sit on. the x3's dash angles towards the driver. the (NEW) x3 has better plastics. the old x3 had terrible plastic.